Gun-sling



H. S. WAGNER.

GUN SLING.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 23, I9I9.

Patented Feb II llllll lL .II..II\

.L IlII IIIIII H. s. WAGNER.

GUN SLING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. |919.

Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

HENB'VYS. OF PHILADELPHIA,

GUN-SLING.

Appliation'led July 23, 1919. Serial No. 312,822.

To all ,whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY S. `WiflGNER, a citizen ofv lthe United States, residing at Mount Airy, Philadelphia, `in the county of Philadelphia andStatefof Pennsylvania, have linventedcertain new and useful Improveinents in Gun-Slings; and Ido hereby declare the following `to be a full, clear,

vand exact'description of the invention,`such asV willenableothers skilled in the art `to which it appertains toY make and use the same.

My invention is intended to provide a gun sling for use with sinallarms, adapted primarily for the regular and ordinary use as a gun sling which' niay bequickly attached toor removed from vthe piece, but adapted secondarily to be quicklydetached from the piece, and when so disconnectedV lto form Vone link or length 1n .anextended chain t or ropeV which may be used forany oneorf more of thevarious purposeshereinafter described; orfor other purposes for which ,a long line, or rope, 'onchainy is ordinarily required in military or other operations in which the soldier is likelyrto be vIt hasbeen foundin practice that in scaling ,walls a lineof some sortis especially desirable, and also iny crossingstreams that nare notfordable a life line is especially desirable; whilesuch a line is alsodesirable for ,rescuing people who have broken through the ice in deep water, or persons carried laway r'by ythe current in l the water; or at times as a hauling line to ass1st'1n pulling a l wagon or piece vvof artillery out of thefinud, erover obstructions.

An a general rule when most needed` such lines are .least available, and lt is lthe purpose lof this invention to provide afshng del signedso that anumber of theseslings may 'be yqui-ckly, disconnected `from their ,respec- .tive rifles and hooked together to form a long and strong line eminently suited ,for the; purposes s hereinbeiorey described. l 'Mvfinvention4 will ybe `more fully under- `.-sto'odatter .reference to the' accornpanying .fdrawings,v in v which like parts `are indicated 50x` -the several views,v and in-wwhichp- Y bv f similar referencel f symbols throughout .Figfure 1` showslthe gun sling as applie -to anprdinarv infantrvmans rifle.'

Fig. 2 is a view on'alarge scalepofavfsnap lhook, with.T links adapted tovbe Vconnected to either)` end of. the complete y s11 1`1g.

Specification of Letters Patent j atentedvFeb. 24', 1920.

F ig.`3 shows aniodificationloqf the device shown in Fig. 2, lin which the links are con,- nected togetnenin, a somewhat different way.

Fig. 4 is aj plan view of the, complete gun sling as Vdetached fromkthegun, the parts being shown on alargers'c'ale than inFig. I.

Fig. 5 shows Ian inverted plan v view of the same gun sli gon the saine scale as shown in Fig. 4.

` Fig. .6 p shows lthree gun v slings y connected together to forma hauling'line, and ,fa loopV the endfa of one4 of the straps, lsuclilas and the contiguous strap'QiS IOY-e through said link and the` said link engages in aloop or bight a2 ofsaid strap,

clearly in'F ig. 6.

Each Y strap provided with series of perforations a .to engage the Vtongues or en'dot `eachnstrap, sov that each stra" in'ay be lengthenedorsh'ortenedas desire' In order tov secure greaterr strength I preferably provide the hooks with twofclay'vs'.y c to engage two adjacent holesin thecorre- Vspondingstrap, andgthe stra sfniay `also be provided .With ,.a'slidig'fcol larffl) ,soi as to vholdthe parts in a incre compact condition.

- Links vengage inthe loops@ ,formed at the end of each of Jthe straps, andllconnected totheselinks E, preferably hinged'thereto,

Vare the snap hooks F adapted. tof,engageimthe usualrings G .attached to, the pieceP, shown indotted lines inFigvl.' V` i yAttached `to these linksE. as .bvwneansof thehin-ges vH in F iff., 2. or ,H iinB,L a secondary 1 link E. through ,which p, ythe strap .Alv 011A. as the cas'efrmay be. kalso passes, so' thatfthe. two t links, F. and and .the `Correspondingg snap hook F..ma'v be.,A slid together backwardY or V,forvvardin the loop @Spf the corresponding. strap.

" VThe two linksE and E mavlhegionnected together in anv convenient .wav,asbv the strap D0f metal shown in 3, arched claws cof the hooks Cseciiredtofthe'.free

strap.

from the piece, beingextended mum length, the hook F` of one strap 1s lapplied to the in the center as at h and bent over at thel as shown in Fig. 8, where the plate Hf has its center portion h2 plain and the ends h bent over to engage the links E and E', thus also forming a metal hinge. The purpose of this connection is merely tov couple the links together, as no special strain is thrown on the hinge as willl be hereinafter shown.A

For ordinary purposes, the gun sling is piece as shown in Fig. l, the F engaging the corresponding rings G on the piece, and when the piece is not hung from the shoulder by the ysling the two straps are doubled as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to useV these straps as a sling for the piece, one or both ends of the strap are let'out to the desired distance by disen aging the hooks C, and hooking them ack in the' corresponding snap hooks In order to form a line of the gun slings for the various purposes stated, or for other purposes, the snap hooks F are disengaged and the straps A and A to .substantially their maxiengaged in the free link E of the adjacent strap to form a line R, and there may be an indefinite number of these slings hooked "together inthe manner shown to form a line lof any desired length.

If'desired to form a loop R in the end of saidline, as shown in Fig. 6, the hook of the end strap may be caused to engage the free link E at the opposite end of said strap, thus,forming a loop adapted to go around the body of a soldier, or around a tree, stump, post, or the like, which will thus form an anchor for this end of the line, the other end of the line so formed being free, or connected to a fixed object, such as a tree, shown in Fig. 7.

With troops on the march, if a stream that. cannot be forded is encountered, it will be a simple matter for the soldiers to uncouple their respective gun slings, hook them together to form a rope R in the vmanner shown in Fig. 7, and then for a good swimmerto swim across with the end of the rope to some ixed object at the other Vside of the stream. and thus form a life line R, as shown in Fig. 7, by the use of which the entire `bodyjof troops may with safety and convenience cross the stream. Y

In a similar way if it is desired to scale a. wall, a soldier may be helped over the wall, carrying a .line of gun slings so formed, and after fastening the end of the line at the other side of the wall` a body of troops may use this line in scaling the vwall, as shown in Fig. 8.

Inv a similar way a line may be quickly Lesaoss of sustaining a weight of several hundred pounds, which would beV quite sufficient for the ordinary purposes of my invention; but if a line of extraordinary strength is de'- sired, it would be a very simple' matter to make the gun slings of somewhat stronger material. i 'l While I have referred to the two component parts of this sling A and A as straps, they may be made either of leather, or heavy textile fabric, or any other suitable flexible material.

It will also be obvious that various changes in the construction and arrangement of parts might bernadewhich could be used without departing from the spiritof my invention; and I do not mean to limit the invention to such details except as particularly pointed out in the claims. i a

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is j 1. A gunV sling comprising two straps linked together at their abutting ends, andA each provided with a loop formed in the free end'thereof, pairs of links connected together and slidably mounted on said straps at the looped Aportions thereof, and snap hooks having their heels secured to one link only of each pair, leaving the otherlink of said pair normally free, substantially as described.

2. A gun sling comprising two straps with a link connecting same, one of said strapsl being secured to said link and the other strap being rove thro-ugh said link, and each `strap being providedwith a 'series of: perforations therethrough, hooks'secured to the free ends ofy said straps and having Vclaws adapted to engage in said perforations thus forming a loop in eachof said straps at the end thereof opposite said connecting link, pairs. of links mounted, respectively. over vsaid straps within said loops and sliding freelyon said straps, the two links of each pair being vconnected together, and snap hooks having their heels secured, respectively, to one link of each pair. leaving the other link of said pair normally free, substantially as described. d

'3. A line made of a series of gun slings connected together, each sling comprising* two straps linked together at their abutting ends, and each provided vwith a loop formed in the free end thereof, pairs of llnks connected together and slidably mounted on said straps at the looped portions thereof, and snap hooks havingtheir heels secured to one link only of each pair, the other link of each pair being engaged by the snap hook of the contiguous gun sling, substantially as described.

4. A line made of a series of gun slings connected together, each sling comprising two straps with a link connecting same, one of said straps being secured to said link and the other strap being rove through said link, and each strap being provided with a series of perforations therethrough, hooks secured to the free ends of said straps and having claws adapted to engage in said perforations thus forming a loop in each of said straps at the end thereof opposite said connecting link, pairs of links mounted, respectively, over said straps within said loops and sliding freely on said straps, the two links-of each pair being connected together, and snap hooks having their heels secured, respectively, to one link of each pair, the other link of each pair being engaged by the contiguous gun sling, substantially as described.

5. A line made of a series of gun slings connected together, each sling having a loop formed in each end thereof, pairs of links connected together and slidably mounted on said slings at the looped portions thereof, and snap hooks having their heels secured to one link only of each pair, the other link of each pair being engaged by the snap hook of the contiguous gun sling, substantially as described.

6. A line made of a series of gun slings having a loop in each end thereof, pairs of links mounted, respectively, over said slings within said loops and sliding freely thereon, the two links of each pair being connected together, and snap hooks having their heels secured, respectively, to one link of each pair, the other link of each pair being engaged by the contiguous gun sling, substantially as described.

7. A gun sling having a loop at each end thereof, pairs of links mounted, respectively, over said slings within said loops and sliding freely thereon, the two links of each pair being connected together. and snap hooks having their heels secured, respectively, to one link of each pair, leaving the other link of said pair normally free, substantially as de-V scribed. Y

HENRY S. WAGNER. 

